My entry level server

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:01 pm

A.K.A. "Missuse of honor and pride clashing with the titans of love and lust" lol

Turning into quite the toy. Now its got some kick ass hardware!

Tyan 230T
512 megs 166mhz ram
Dual P3 Taulatin 1.4ghz 512kb cache CPUs
visiontek geforce 4 ti4200
3com 905c 10/100
adaptec 2940u2w scsi card
seagate cheetah X15.3 18.4GB
sound blaster live
lite on 52x cd rom
HP 4x4x12 Burner
TI firewire card

not too shabby!!!

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:06 pm

niiiiiiiice!!

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:07 pm

mmm

Im planning to build a dual athlon or p3 gaming server soon.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:10 pm

that's entry level...? i have a 350 MHZ Pentium 2 + 384MB ram.. ......that's my server.. :\

Amro

zooner · Post by **zooner** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:17 pm

holy smokes!!

I agree with you amro. my lil server is a p3 733 and it does the job quite nicely.

that's alot of power!

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:29 pm

What do you guys use your servers for?

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:45 pm

160GB of random files

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:52 pm

Dig the Cheetahs.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:58 pm

Originally posted by Amro
160GB of random files

Wouldn't a pair of 100 GB drives in your normal workstation be easier then a whole different system?

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:26 pm

why the kick ass video card in there though??? no need for that.... now if thats all that was lying around... err....

other than that... very nice....

my server is an FTP

zooner · Post by **zooner** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:34 pm

ftp

emule - beats up a system pretty badly...

webserver is in the works too.

all three take up resources and are fine on a p3. however, doesnt leave me enough on my p4 to encode and/or play games if I left them on one rig.

cy · Post by cy » Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:58 pm

Originally posted by monkeyhead
why the kick ass video card in there though??? no need for that.... now if thats all that was lying around... err....

other than that... very nice....

Yup Yup. That's my first impression when i saw the system. Really nice server but a ti might be kinda a waste

Anyways, i use my only comp as my server, poor my little 40GB HD partitioned into 10/30, using 10 for the OS and my 30 part for storage, almost full...2 GB left.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 10:06 pm

Originally posted by Humboldt
Wouldn't a pair of 100 GB drives in your normal workstation be easier then a whole different system?

lemme 'splain..had these drives since 30 and 40 and 60 (1x60GB, 2x30GB, 1x40GB--all WD) GB'ers were the largest drives..and no $$ to spend on more drives now..plus i want to keep heat and whatnot to a minimum in main system....and i want a seperate computer for my family file serving in the home..so i can reboot while my bro and sis listen to mp3s..and so they don't slow me down...like make my puter print something..while i'm playing a game something.

if u wanna donate 2 or 3 100GB drives..or 80s even..to me.. i'll set u up w/ an acct to store ur stuff..w/ 2-3 GB of dedicated space for u..ftp, http, whatever..altho i'm only a DSL conx..just can't HOST stuff from it..just personal storage of whatever...

Amro

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 3:38 pm

this will most likely be a bit of a gaming server and a little file server. had a choice to put the sis 315 in the server or the ti4200, didnt wanna use the sis card for it

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 3:39 pm

Originally posted by Amro
that's entry level...?
Amro

i'm pretty sure what i got is entry level.

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Sat Dec 07, 2002 12:21 am

nice rig there, YARD. as a server, that will do you just fine for a long while. maybe a little upgrade here and there as time goes on.

nice choice on the CPUs, too. L2 cache comes in handy in a server environment. and i bet you love that X15, no? if you are running NTFS, it will lose a small bit of speed, but it's still a monster (i had one for about a year. traded it away). good NIC choice as well.

as far as if it would be considered an "entry-level" server, it depends on who you ask. and if you ask me, it;s a bit more than that. maybe not a full-fledged backplane based top tier webserver, but definitely more than most "entry-level" servers out there.

i wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers

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YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Dec 07, 2002 2:08 am

Originally posted by Faust
nice rig there, YARD. as a server, that will do you just fine for a long while. maybe a little upgrade here and there as time goes on.

nice choice on the CPUs, too. L2 cache comes in handy in a server environment. and i bet you love that X15, no? if you are running NTFS, it will lose a small bit of speed, but it's still a monster (i had one for about a year. traded it away). good NIC choice as well.

as far as if it would be considered an "entry-level" server, it depends on who you ask. and if you ask me, it;s a bit more than that. maybe not a full-fledged backplane based top tier webserver, but definitely more than most "entry-level" servers out there.

i wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers .

well teh cheetah drive isnt here yet but its ordered, stonecat recommended it and i've seen nothing better for the price.

it'll be fat32 and linux(maybe debian)

yeah teh cpus are the best i can run, and for 325 for both not a bad deal(damn things get pricey!)

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Sat Dec 07, 2002 8:11 am

still wondering why the kick ass video card.....

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Sat Dec 07, 2002 3:23 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
A.K.A. "Missuse of honor and pride clashing with the titans of love and lust" lol

Turning into quite the toy. Now its got some kick ass hardware!

Tyan 230T
512 megs 166mhz ram
Dual P3 Taulatin 1.4ghz 512kb cache CPUs
visiontek geforce 4 ti4200
3com 905c 10/100
adaptec 2940u2w scsi card
seagate cheetah X15.3 18.4GB
sound blaster live
lite on 52x cd rom
HP 4x4x12 Burner
TI firewire card

not too shabby!!!

JESUS That is no server you landlubber, it's a MONSTER ARR!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Dec 07, 2002 4:48 pm

Originally posted by monkeyhead
still wondering why the kick ass video card.....

because in my house i have a sis 315 adn a ti4200 sitting around, i chose to use the ti4200 over teh sis cuz the ti4200 is a better card.

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Sat Dec 07, 2002 9:47 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
because in my house i have a sis 315 adn a ti4200 sitting around, i chose to use the ti4200 over teh sis cuz the ti4200 is a better card.

but unless you use this computer to game with, you dont need a nice vid card... unless the sis only supports up to like 640x480 resolution.....

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Sat Dec 07, 2002 10:00 pm

but unless you use this computer to game with, you dont need a nice vid card... unless the sis only supports up to like 640x480 resolution.....

i fail to see the logic in letting the better card collect dust just because he has a crappier one laying around.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 6:34 am

Originally posted by monkeyhead
but unless you use this computer to game with, you dont need a nice vid card... unless the sis only supports up to like 640x480 resolution.....

it may be used for some gaming a little, but it has tv out and supports dual monitors. the sis does not and the dual monitors feature will be used in the future.

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 9:29 am

Originally posted by Faust
i fail to see the logic in letting the better card collect dust just because he has a crappier one laying around.

up until reading his post after yours about him going to do dual monitor.... theres really no point at all in wasting a good video card in a server box. But yeah he said he might play some games too.....

heck after youve gotten ur server box up and running you could install a remote admin program or if using XP use the one that comes with... its great... and take out the video card.... put the tower in a corner somewhere with a power and network line goin to it and do anything to it remotely....

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 9:32 am

Very nice, YoS.

Why not burn it in with some folding?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 5:16 pm

Originally posted by Deus ex Machina
Very nice, YoS.

Why not burn it in with some folding?

as soon as the cheetah gets here i will!

so my folding may start up strong again cuz this week my 2400+ should go online as well.

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 8:02 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
as soon as the cheetah gets here i will!

so my folding may start up strong again cuz this week my 2400+ should go online as well.

Where are you getting the Cheetah drive? I have been itching to throw one in my server.

shant,
david

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 8:08 pm

Originally posted by monkeyhead
still wondering why the kick ass video card.....

I use my server for gaming once in a while, quite often actually. Have a Boston Acoustic speaker system on it even!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 8:18 am

Originally posted by Deus ex Machina
Where are you getting the Cheetah drive? I have been itching to throw one in my server.

shant,
david

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